2nd Degree or Masters Degree??`

<p>Hello so here's my deal,</p>

<p>I went to UCLA as a political science major. I got a pretty decent gpa 3.65. I was political science because I was planning on going to law school. I even did internships with lawyers and working at a legal access center for low income litigants. But during my time in internships I met a lot of lawyers who were unhappy with their careers, had no job prospects, and were basically working for free. After graduating I just realize I don't have the stomach for the law field. I can't handle the debt or the unemployment statistics. </p>

<p>So upon looking at what else I was good at I remember being really good with math and science. I got As in Precalc, calc, biology, geology. I was thinking I could do something in environmental engineering because I know a couple of my friends who are doing a BA in Engineering and they are really happy with their choices and actually have paid internships and job offers. </p>

<p>I just want to know how realistic is it for me to change my career path. I know me graduating already counts against me. My only options are either a 2nd Bachelors in environmental engineering or getting a masters in Engineering. Both are going to be expensive, but I just want to pick the one that's going to let me work in an environmental engineering firm or for the government working on environmental/sustainability projects. Will me having a poli scie degree count against me if I do the masters route ?</p>

<p>Unless you have the science prereqs, you can’t get into a Master’s in Engineering program with a Poli Sci degree.
So either you start from scratch in a College of Engineering (with general education transferring, I suppose - but there’s very little gen ed in engineering) or you try to find a program in Environmental Science that will accept you with junior status, load up on science, then apply to a Master’s program.
As for the logistics, I don’t know if you’d still qualify for financial aid, so would your parents help pay?
Finally, just because your friends are happy with Environmental Engineering doesn’t mean YOU will be. Before you make such a major decision, see if you can “shadow” an engineer, talk to the engineering school, meet with people in the career center.</p>

<p>Is environmental health an option?</p>